MTI Korea 2011 and 2012: Korea 2013 On the Road Again November, 2013

Down Town Yeosu. Admiral Yi

Back again in Korea.
We travelled via Singapore and Taiwan. We hadn't seen the friends in Singapore for 7 years and the friend in Taiwan (Taipei) for 16 years - she is now married and has two very polite sons. The boys leave for school at 7.30am and return after 'cram school' some time after 9.30pm. It was so good to see them. Friends are such a blessing.

So the stops in both these places were great. The hospitality and food wonderful but as usual some interesting things. Listerine Mouth Wash, flavour - Green tea. Of course here icecream comes in Green tea flavour, as does bread, but mouth wash? Peppermint mouth wash will never sound interesting again.
How about double shot, skinny soy, latte mouth wash? or G & T mouth wash? or single Malt whiskey mouth wash! With good marketing it could be a BIG winner.

Pedestrian crossings ....... in Singapore, if you have
a pensioners' card, you can place it against the
button at the crossing and you get longer to cross!!
In Taiwan the green man who appears indicating
you can cross actually walks, and for the last 8 seconds
he starts running!! Wow.

CULTURE
I have never been a great fan of traditional dance. Here, in Korea, I have become interested in some of the dances. One particular dance is ganggangsuille - a woman's dance. I attach a site where you can see it. I think it's very beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgmT6WHqac0

US
We are well and settling in again. Everything seems familiar except the cold. So far 2C has been the lowest.

Kim chi fermenting in the fridge and forcing the lid open!

Kim chi, the fermented cabbage mixed with chilli, is back on the menu. Sometimes it even ferments in the Kim Chi fridge! It tasted great.

This week the church organised that the ladies make kim chi. In the West our church ladies make cakes, here it's kimchi. So they bought 1070 cabbages and went to work. That's a lot of kimchi.
I was talking to a friend who told me that as a boy kim chi was the staple diet of Winter, mid November to the end of March. For a family of two parents and 4 children they would make kim chi using perhaps 300 cabbages !!!!

The students are wonderful and we are very happy with their diligence.

If you would, we would appreciate your prayers for safety and energy.

Peace and Grace,
Robin and Aileen

Friday night snacks

We have started going for "snacks" from street vendors on Friday nights. We may lose interest as it gets colder! But as you can see, inside the street vendor's "tent" there is plenty of steam - and spicy food.